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A huge sun approaching.

It can be said that it is very small compared to the original floating in the sky.

Ironically, it was huge.

The sun that will burn everything fills the field of vision.

I looked at it and swung my sword.

The blue sword energy surrounding the sword glowed and cut the sun in half.

The split sun exploded immediately on the spot, covering the entire area.

He swung his sword again and cut down the explosion.

I said while looking at Arina.

“Arina. You can revert it. I don’t dare understand your feelings, but At least not this way.”

“Kael. I’m tired of talking now. I’m taking you down I have to kill that guy.”

Arina put her hands together and clasped them.

At the same time, magma bubbled up from the ground like a volcano exploding, covering the entire area.

I carried the fallen priest on my shoulders and swung at the oncoming lava once again to cut him out and escape.

After increasing the distance from Arina, I put the priest in a safe place.

After covering it with a protective shield, I looked at where Arina was again.

She stopped attacking for a moment.

“… Are you not attacking me?”

“At least I kill that priest after I defeat you. Even though I cannot do as you say, it is also my last consideration.”

“… Anna. Hello… ”

Is that true?

That’s what I was going to ask.

I realized this when I looked at Arina’s eyes.

That she has no intention of bending her opinion any longer.

The fact is that persuasion is impossible.

“Kael. Are you going to keep doing trivial questions and answers?”

“… no. I won’t do it.”

Words are meaningless.

Then all that’s left is action.

“I will stop even if I have to force it.”

“If you can.”

After those words, we didn’t open our mouths any more.

You can tell without saying anything.

Now, we will truly clash with each other.

I released the power I had been suppressing.

At the same time, numerous small suns appeared around Arina and filled the air.

The air got so hot that it felt as if my insides were all on fire just by breathing.

Now all that remains is to fight.

However, Arina’s face became a little weak.

“Kael. I have one piece of advice for you. The power of the Sun Clan is more dangerous than you imagined.”

“Didn’t you decide not to ask any more useless questions?”

“… yes. I made a mistake.”

Arina’s eyes weakened for a moment, but then returned to their original state.

Although she seems worried about me getting hurt.

I couldn’t back down either.

Also, if she overlooked anything.

“Arina. You look down on me more than I thought.”

She is belittling my strength.

The level of a sword master is actually that of a transcendental person.

A state where one can compete with the qualifications of a god.

They worry about me, who is on the verge of reaching that point.

Although it cannot unleash its full power due to the damage it will cause to those around it.

My pride was a little hurt at being looked down on.

“What you think will not happen. Because the winner in the end will be me.”

This ending will not change.

Even though it wouldn’t be smooth, I had no doubt that it would be.

Not confidence or arrogance.

It was a very natural result looking at it from an objective perspective.

But did that hurt Anna’s pride?

She looked annoyed.

“… Kael. I’m just saying this now, but you’re so arrogant. Rather, the one who is looking down on you is you.”

“The results will tell you that.”

With that, he took his stance without saying any more.

Arina didn’t say anything more to him either.

A time of silence has arrived.

At the same time, a sound breaks the silence.

thud!

He kicked hard enough to make a dent in the ground and ran towards Arina.

Arina shot small suns that rose around her to stop me approaching.

One shot. One shot.

With each step, I moved forward, cutting down the approaching sun. Although it flew to the side, overhead, or backwards. I used my heightened senses to the point where I could detect even the slightest sound of breathing as a stepping stone and proceeded to avoid them.

Although each sun contained a huge explosion.

While cutting down the sun and the explosion contained within it, the suns that hit the ground and caused the explosion escaped from the explosion early on.

There was not a single pause in the act of running as I dodged and cut down everything.

As a result, the time to arrive in front of Arina was short.

“I’m sorry.”

No matter how much I do, it is impossible for me to subdue Arina without getting hurt without using all my strength.

That’s why I apologized in advance and swung my sword.

Before it reached Arina, a sudden explosion occurred right in front of her.

Kwaaang!

An explosion that will cover the whole place.

Fortunately, I was able to protect my entire body with magical energy in time, so there was no damage, but if I had been even one step late, I would have been pinned down.

‘But there is no damage to Arina.’

Even though I said I was the one who blocked it.

No matter how much power you have, it’s true.

I wonder if it makes sense to say nothing when a huge explosion exploded right in front of us.

‘It is not affected at all by the sun it created.’

I don’t know if it’s because I’ve already manipulated the power of the sun itself, but I don’t know what it is.

It seemed like his own strength was not affected at all.

‘There is no risk to me with this level of technology.’

It cannot be anything but a truly deceptive ability.

If you were to let your guard down once, you would be the one to suffer.

‘Considering that the explosion just happened without any warning, just because we got closer.’

The only explanation was that the power of the sun was protecting the user through its own will.

Although it was a bit tricky, it was not impossible to make the attack successful.

I exhaled, caught my breath, and kicked the ground again.

Craters erupting from both sides of the ground at the same time.

It didn’t stop there, and an unknown space appeared in the air, spitting out huge flames.

Everything was melting away under the power she gave off, to the point where I could no longer believe that this was the center of the cult.

I looked at them and quietly closed my eyes.

And when I opened my eyes again.

There were no more distracting thoughts.

When I jumped up with strength in the soles of my feet, I felt the sensation of my body floating in the air.

At the same time, the erupting flames approached with the threat of melting me.

I momentarily relaxed my strength and laid the sword down at an angle.

The moment when the flames were almost ready to reach.

He exploded with magic power for a split second and swung his sword horizontally.

For a moment, a flash of blue light flashed.

All the approaching flames were cut down.

It would be nice if it ended there.

The crater continued to form until there was no end in sight.

Following the sight of an endless volcano forming, suns the size of small beads were created around her.

Soon they were shooting at me like a single cannonball.

Boom!

An attack using the chain reaction of explosions.

I couldn’t avoid it because of its incredible speed, and my skin was burned.

I felt quite a bit of pain, but it wasn’t soft enough to be this painful.

After extinguishing the burning flames of my skin with my hands.

Measures were taken roughly through magical power.

At the same time, I thought as I cut down the approaching craters in an instant.

‘… ‘You’re strong.’

I never thought I would struggle this much.

As Arina said, I was looking down on her.

That means he will definitely be weaker than me.

In fact, her level is lower than mine, and even though she has the power of the Sun Clan, she cannot defeat me.

Even considering the fact that I can’t fully unleash my power at the moment, she was strong.

That too.

And it wasn’t just that.

Clearly, in his mind, he wants to subdue her somehow.

There were times when my body hesitated.

It was the body, not the head, that was rejecting it.

The very act of hurting her.

Because her presence is already hugely established in my heart.

To eliminate the hesitation in his body, it was impossible unless he completely recognized her as an enemy.

‘It can’t be like this.’

Currently, Anna is clearly an enemy.

However, due to the personal feelings that remained in my heart, this should not have happened.

Of course, the act of saving her, who was already a serious criminal, involved personal feelings, but this had to be viewed separately.

“… It’s hard.”

Honestly, I didn’t expect to feel this much hesitation.

A situation that makes me feel pathetic.

But it’s a situation where we can’t afford to lose.

I made up my mind again.

Failure to stop her here is the same as letting her die.

With only that fact in my mind, I focused again.

This time, unlike before, I did not let down my guard.

I waited for her to make the first move.

The split second when she was about to move her fingertips to attack.

He raised his concentration to the limit and instantly closed the distance between him and Arina by kicking the ground once.

I swung my sword without hesitation.

As the sword almost reached her, an explosion was about to occur like before.

But before that, I suppressed the center of the explosion with magic and eliminated the explosion itself.

Then the curtain of the sun appears.

A protective shield was created that would burn everything that touched it.

I never thought it would be a dual device.

Does not matter.

Because there was no change in the act of cutting.

Cheeek!

When the sword energy and the protective shield touched, the sound of burning sword energy was heard.

The heat of the protective shield was melting the sword energy.

It was a sight I had never seen before.

I didn’t stop there and plunged the sword further.

I held the shield with my relatively bare left hand.

The hand that was touching the shield also felt a burning sensation, but it did not stop.

I gritted my teeth and gave strength to somehow tear off the protective shield and cut it open.

As a result.

We succeeded in destroying the protective shield.

As a result, my left hand was completely burned and the sword energy also melted, but without even having time to worry about such things, I let go of my hand holding the sword and tried to hit the back of the neck.

However, before he could hit the back of the neck, he was kicked in the stomach and pushed far away.

‘… ‘Did you react to that?’

The act of suppressing the explosion and destroying the shield.

Looking at this alone, it seemed like it took quite a while, but in reality, not even 1 second had passed. It was a reaction to that.

‘Whoa…’ ‘

Clearly, Arina would have had no contact with inaction until five years ago.

It was surprising how much he had grown in just 5 years.

‘… But who told Arina the truth?’

It was a definite fact that someone was involved in the fact that Arina learned the truth, realized her power, and grew to this point.

Otherwise, the power that Arina currently possesses could not be explained.

I wondered who the hell he was.

Put off questions about such things.

Stopping her was the priority now.